BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Espenoza and McCormick, Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Camacho, Duran, Hamrick, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, Paschal, Rutinel, Story, Velasco, McCluskie;
also SENATOR(S) Michaelson Jenet and Rich.
Concerning updating the definition of "qualified medication administration personnel" to include an individual who has passed a competency evaluation administered by the department of public health and environment before July 1, 2017.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-27-102, amend (10.5) as follows:
25-27-102. Definitions. As used in this article 27, unless the context otherwise requires:
(10.5) "Qualified medication administration personnel" means an individual who has passed a competency evaluation administered by the department before July 1, 2017, or has passed a competency evaluation administered by an approved training entity on or after July 1, 2017, and whose name appears on the department's list of individuals who have passed the requisite competency evaluation.
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.
Signed By: Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Signed By: James Rashad Coleman, Sr., President of the Senate
Signed By: Vanessa Reilly, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
Signed By: Esther van Mourik, Secretary of the Senate
Signed By: Jared S. Polis, Governor of the State of Colorado